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Species novae, praesertim poiioricenses. 321 



Arbor 10 25 in. alta coma ramorum ampla. Rami juniores pulve- 

 rulento-tonientosuli. Stipulae non observatae. Folia petiolis usque 20 cm. 

 longis supra canaliculatis ; fcliola opposita, supra saturate viridia, subtus 

 pallidiora, nervo medio supra impresso, lateralibus 12 16 sub angulo 

 50 60" abeuntibus supra in sicco albescentibus et parum, subtus crassius- 

 cule prominentibus , dense reticTato-anastomosantibus. Inflorescentiae 

 0,5 6 cm. longe pedimculatae , folio duplo et ultra breviores, demum gla- 

 brescentes, ramulis angulatis; bracteae triangulres v. breviter triangulres 

 obtusae 1,5 0,5 mm. longae. Calycis tubus late obconicus pulverulento - 

 pilosus; lobi 3 antici oblonge -lanceolati, tubo fere duplo longiores, 2 poste- 

 riores inter sese paullo altius connati, oblique ovati. Petala obscure vio- 

 lacea, glabra; vexillum macula ampla albida v. pallide flava notatum, 12 mm. 

 latum, basi in stipitem crassum 3 4 mm. longum contractum; alae oblique 

 obovato-cuneatae, 6 mm. latae supra unguiculum vix auriculatae; carinao petala 

 libera oblique oblonga apice obtusa 13 14 mm. longa. Stamina libera, 

 filiformi - subulata , alterna angustiora et paullo breviora. Ovarium adpresse 

 et dense rufo-pilosum oblonge - lineare breviter stipitatum, 4 6-ovulatum. 

 Stylus ovario paullo longior, inferne parce pilosus, superne glaber, apice 

 incurvus, intus sub ai)ice stigmatosus. Legumen rarius 1-spermum rhom- 

 beum, plerumque pleiospermum usque 10 cm. longum et 2 cm. latum, inter 

 semina constrictum, supra semina inflatum convexum, caeterum planum ligno- 

 sum. Semina suborbicularia v. obovato - orbicularia convexa 10 12 mm. longa, 

 6 9 mm. crassa, omnino coccinea v. macula plus minus ampla nigi'a notata. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis prope Bayamon, prope 

 Juncos in monte Guvuy, Sierra de las Piedras in monte Frances, prope 

 Yabucoa in monte Piedra Azul ad Jacana et in monte Cerro Gordo, 

 prope Adjuntas in monte Audubo et in monte Cedro, prope Utuado ad 

 Roncador, in Sierra de Lares ad Guahataca, m. Aug., Nov. flor.: Sin- 

 tenis n. 1886, 2587, 8987, 4670, 5270, 5336, 6093, 6509, Stahl n. 319; 

 Dominica ad Castle Bruce, windward: G. A. Ramage (specim. fruct, in 

 floribus iterum comparandum). 



Obs. 0. monosperma rb. {Sophora monosperma Sw. 1788, (h'mosia 

 dasycarpa Jacks. 1811), altera Antillarum species, differt foliolis 2 3 mm. 

 longe petiolulatis, multo minoribus, plerumque sensim acuminatis, inflores- 

 centiis et calyce villosiusculis, prophyllis sub calyce lineari-subulatis. 



Poitaea glycypliylla Urb. 



Rohinia glycypJnjlla Poir.f in Lam. Enc. VI (1804) p. 227; DC. 



Prodr. II p. 262. 



Poitaea Campanilla P. DC. Prodr. II (1825) p. 263. 



Robinia latifolia Bert! herb, ex P. DC. l. c. 



Campanilla Doming. ex Bert. 



Frutex 0,70 2 m. altus, floribus rubris et albis (ex Egg.) v. coc- 

 cineis (ex Jacquemont). Flor. m. Majo. 



Hab. in Haiti: Bertero, C. Ehrenberg n. 223, Jacquemont, prope 



Port-au-Prince in plateau du Morne de l'Hpital 1029 m.: Picarda 



n. 1161; Sto. Domingo in monte Barrero, 1100 m.: Eggers n. 2031. 



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